Dantrium and Coughing - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Coughing is reported as a side effect among people who take Dantrium (dantrolene sodium), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 10+ years also take Baclofen, and have Psoriatic arthropathy.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Coughing when taking Dantrium. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 1,397 people who have side effects when taking Dantrium from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Dantrium?

Dantrium has active ingredients of dantrolene sodium. eHealthMe is studying from 1,408 Dantrium users. Check the latest studies of Dantrium.

What is Coughing?

Coughing is found to be associated with 3,177 drugs and 3,779 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Coughing.



On Nov, 18, 2025

1,397 people reported to have side effects when taking Dantrium.
Among them, 19 people (1.36%) have Coughing.

Could Dantrium cause Coughing?

Among these 19 people:

How long have people been on Dantrium when they have Coughing? *

  • < 1 month: 0.0 %
  • 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
  • 6 - 12 months: 33.33 %
  • 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
  • 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
  • 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
  • 10+ years: 66.67 %

What is the gender of people who have Coughing when taking Dantrium? *

  • female: 35.29 %
  • male: 64.71 %

What is the age of people who have Coughing when taking Dantrium? *

  • 0-1: 6.67 %
  • 2-9: 0.0 %
  • 10-19: 0.0 %
  • 20-29: 20.0 %
  • 30-39: 26.67 %
  • 40-49: 13.33 %
  • 50-59: 6.67 %
  • 60+: 26.67 %

What are other drugs people take besides Dantrium? *

  1. Baclofen: 4 people, 21.05%
  2. Phenytoin: 3 people, 15.79%
  3. Calcium: 3 people, 15.79%
  4. Lamictal: 3 people, 15.79%
  5. Loperamide Hydrochloride: 3 people, 15.79%
  6. Lyrica: 3 people, 15.79%
  7. Magnesium: 3 people, 15.79%
  8. Miglustat: 3 people, 15.79%
  9. Pantoprazole: 3 people, 15.79%
  10. Parlodel: 3 people, 15.79%

What are other side effects people have besides Coughing? *

  1. Pneumonia: 10 people, 52.63%
  2. Fever: 7 people, 36.84%
  3. The Flu (the flu is caused by an influenza virus): 5 people, 26.32%
  4. Abdominal Pain: 4 people, 21.05%
  5. Stress And Anxiety: 4 people, 21.05%
  6. Muscle Spasms (muscle contraction): 3 people, 15.79%
  7. Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 3 people, 15.79%
  8. Melanocytic Naevus (a type of lesion that contains nevus cells (a type of melanocyte)): 3 people, 15.79%
  9. Neuralgia (pain in one or more nerves): 3 people, 15.79%
  10. Psoriasis (immune-mediated disease that affects the skin): 3 people, 15.79%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

  1. Psoriatic Arthropathy (inflammation of the skin and joints with kin condition which typically causes patches (plaques) of red, scaly skin to develop): 3 people, 15.79%
  2. Multiple Sclerosis (a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. it damages the myelin sheath): 2 people, 10.53%
  3. Vulvovaginal Dryness: 1 person, 5.26%
  4. Hypotonia (low muscle tone): 1 person, 5.26%
  5. Asthma: 1 person, 5.26%
  6. Cerebral Palsy: 1 person, 5.26%
  7. Cervical Myelopathy (clinical syndrome characterized by clumsiness in hands; gait imbalance; caused by compression of the spinal cord): 1 person, 5.26%
  8. Convulsion (muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body): 1 person, 5.26%
  9. Gastrointestinal Disorder (functional problems of gastrointestinal tract): 1 person, 5.26%
  10. Haemoglobin Decreased: 1 person, 5.26%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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How severe was Coughing and when was it recovered:

Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of dantrolene sodium:

Sub-studies by gender and age:

Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

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How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on dantrolene sodium (the active ingredients of Dantrium) and Dantrium (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.

How to use the study?

DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.

Who is eHealthMe?

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